DECREE
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
March 2, 1998 No. UP-1933
On strengthening of responsibility for violation of sanitary
legislation
With the purpose of increasing of role and effectiveness of
activity of the state sanitary inspection, prophylaxis and prevention of
infectious diseases growth, strengthening of legal responsibility of
khokims of towns and regions, heads of enterprises, establishments,
autonomous bodies and citizenry for sanitary and epidemiological status
of localities of the republic:
1. To establish that khokims and the heads of municipal and
sanitary services incur personal liability for sanitary and
epidemiological well-being of localities of regions and towns.
2. To prohibit any pressure upon sanitary inspection bodies with
the purpose to prevent from their activity on sanitary protection of
the territory and prophylaxis of diseases, executed in accordance with
the Law "On the State sanitary inspection" of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
3. To strengthen an administrative responsibility of khokims of
towns and regions, the heads of enterprises, establishments,
organizations and citizenry for sanitary legislation violation.
To establish that:
violation of sanitary legislation, sanitary norms, rules and
hygienic standards carries amercement on officials mentioned above in
the amount of 5 - 10 minimal wages; as for citizenry - the fine is 1 -
3 minimal wages;
violation of obligatory rules established with the purpose of
prevention of arising or spread of quarantine or other infections
dangerous for people, carries amercement on officials - in the amount
of 10 - 15 minimal wages, on citizenry - in the amount of 3 - 5 minimal
wages.
Within a week the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health
and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall approve
an order of use of means received as fine.
4. If fine is not paid on time, established by the legislation,
the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Prosecutor's
office of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall provide fulfillment of
resolutions adopted by the state sanitary inspection.
5. Within a week the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of
Uzbekistan is to make to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of
Uzbekistan the following suggestions:
on establishment of criminal liability for violation of
sanitary legislation and rules of fighting with epidemics;
on amendments and changes to legislative acts following from
the present Decree.
6. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of
Karakalpakstan, khokims of regions and Tashkent city, the Ministry of
Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Municipal Service
of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall work out and execute the measures
on improvement of sanitary and epidemiological status of localities,
prophylaxis and prevention of infection morbidity of disease, raise of
responsibility of local authorities, municipal services and sanitary
inspection bodies for fulfillment of the sanitary legislation demands.
7. TV and radio companies of Uzbekistan and National
information agency shall introduce special broadcasts and rubrics about
activity of sanitary and epidemiological service of the Republic of
Uzbekistan.
8. The control for fulfillment of the present Decree is to be
imposed on the Mr. Djurabekov I. H., the first Deputy Prime Minister,
the Chairman of the Republic extraordinary antiepidemic committee.
The President
of the Republic of Uzbekistan I. Karimov